bsmphilly.com Topics: rex walheimhttp://www.bsmphilly.com/topics/rex-walheim/?utm_medium=RSS2011-11-02T13:30:00-05:00An out of this world experience2011-11-02T13:30:00-05:00Tom Waringhttp://www.bsmphilly.com/2011/nov/2/4042-an-out-of-this-world-experience.html/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>NASA astronaut Chris Ferguson has a tradition.</p> <p>Each time the Far Northeast native has been part of a space shuttle mission, he has returned to Archbishop Ryan High School to talk about the experience with students at his alma mater.</p> <p>Ferguson was in town after piloting Atlantis in 2006 and ...Call this show ‘Last in Space’2011-07-06T13:02:00-05:00Tom Waringhttp://www.bsmphilly.com/2011/jul/6/3336-call-this-show-%E2%80%98last-in-space%E2%80%99.html/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>As Chris Ferguson prepares to command the space shuttle Atlantis, the Far Northeast native is heartened to know that family and friends will make the trip to Florida for the launch and return landing.</p> <p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve enjoyed an incredible amount of support from the people in the Philadelphia area,&rdquo; he said. ...Northeast native tapped as top man in space2011-06-22T14:15:00-05:00Tom Waringhttp://www.bsmphilly.com/2011/jun/22/3272-northeast-native-tapped-as-top-man-in-space.html/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>Chris Ferguson, a graduate of St. Martha Grammar School and Archbishop Ryan High School, will serve as commander of NASA&rsquo;s final space shuttle mission.</p> <p>The space shuttle Atlantis will depart for the International Space Station on July 8. The launch will be from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, ...